Jobless Rate Could Be Lower

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In a recent article by the Washington Post, the United State's jobless rate is at 8.2 percent. That may just be a number but I see it as thousands of families suffering in silence, living day by day on unemployment checks. But let me tell you, I have a solution. Much like FDR’s recovery programs, create thousands of jobs to design and build renewable energy centers to power our nation. When it comes to raising wind turbines around the nation, installing solar panels on every household, or creating geothermal power plants: we can bring our nation back to work. Creating these jobs will also pull us away from relying on petroleum, which in turn will prevent us from going to war over this destructive resource. This will also pay itself off by creating energy from the natural/clean resources practically being shined over our heads.  So let’s be a self-sustaining nation! But why haven’t we seen these huge programs bringing mass amounts of renewable energy into our country and employing the unemployed? Good question…

Recycling In Schools

          I am currently going to Seekonk High School and everyday I see numerous students and teachers innocently destroying our planet. The biggest problem that I see in my school and the entire school district, is the disposal of waste. There are recycle bins in all of the classes and the cafeteria but it all ends up in the trash dumpsters. This is a false sense of security making us feel like we are recycling when it really isn't being recycled. I feel that the entire school needs a composting system, and a working recycle system for plastics, metals, and cardboard. The kitchen could donate the compost to local farms and get fresh produce in return. That would reduce the carbon emissions created from transporting the produce accross long distances and it would promote the use of fresh produce in their cooking to serve the students.

           If we dispose of all of our waste in a green manner, it could help everybody become much more healthier and obviously slow down the destruction of our planet. I know that my school isn't the only school that has the problem of a financially sound way to dispose of the large quantites of waste created but hopefully something will change...

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

http://s3j6xhu.edu.glogster.com/silent-spring-by-rachel-carson-glog/